Class 5 GK Worksheet: Indian Dances and Art
Remember (Dance and its home): Classical: Kathak – Uttar Pradesh, Bharatanatyam – Tamil Nadu, Kathakali and Mohiniyattam – Kerala, Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradesh, Odissi – Odisha, Manipuri – Manipur, Sattriya – Assam. Folk: Bhangra and Giddha – Punjab, Garba and Dandiya Raas – Gujarat, Bihu – Assam, Lavani – Maharashtra, Ghoomar – Rajasthan, Yakshagana – Karnataka. Painting: Madhubani – Bihar, Warli – Maharashtra, Gond – Madhya Pradesh, Tanjore – Tamil Nadu, Kalighat – West Bengal, Phad – Rajasthan.
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- 1.Which painting style comes from Rajasthan? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Tanjore painting (c) Gond painting (d) Phad painting
- 2.🎨 Which state does Madhubani painting come from? (a) Maharashtra (b) West Bengal (c) Rajasthan (d) Bihar
- 3.🎭 Is Manipuri a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 4.Which classical dance comes from Kerala? (a) Sattriya (b) Kathakali (c) Kuchipudi (d) Manipuri
- 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Dandiya Raas (b) Kathak (c) Odissi (d) Kuchipudi
- 6.💃 Which state does the classical dance Mohiniyattam come from? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Assam
- 7.Which folk dance comes from Karnataka? (a) Dandiya Raas (b) Giddha (c) Yakshagana (d) Bhangra
- 8.🎭 Is Kathak a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 9.True or false: the classical dance Mohiniyattam comes from Odisha. (a) True (b) False
- 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Kathakali (b) Garba (c) Sattriya (d) Kuchipudi
- 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kuchipudi (c) Ghoomar (d) Kathak
- 12.💃 Which state does the classical dance Kathak come from? (a) Assam (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerala (d) Uttar Pradesh
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Giddha (b) Mohiniyattam (c) Kuchipudi (d) Manipuri
- 14.💃 Which state does the classical dance Bharatanatyam come from? (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Kerala (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Andhra Pradesh
- 15.Which classical dance comes from Assam? (a) Manipuri (b) Sattriya (c) Kuchipudi (d) Bharatanatyam
- 16.🎨 Which state does Phad painting come from? (a) West Bengal (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Maharashtra
- 17.Which classical dance comes from Manipur? (a) Sattriya (b) Manipuri (c) Kathakali (d) Bharatanatyam
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Giddha (b) Manipuri (c) Bhangra (d) Lavani
- 19.🎭 Is Sattriya a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) Sattriya (b) Bhangra (c) Ghoomar (d) Giddha
- 21.🪔 A diya is a small lamp usually made of ___. (a) glass (b) clay (c) paper (d) plastic
- 22.🎭 Is Bihu a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) classical (b) folk
- 23.True or false: the classical dance Kathakali comes from Kerala. (a) False (b) True
- 24.True or false: the classical dance Sattriya comes from Assam. (a) False (b) True
- 25.Which classical dance comes from Andhra Pradesh? (a) Kathak (b) Manipuri (c) Kathakali (d) Kuchipudi
- 26.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Manipur. (a) True (b) False
- 27.Which painting style comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Phad painting (b) Tanjore painting (c) Gond painting (d) Kalighat painting
- 28.🎭 Is Dandiya Raas a classical dance or a folk dance? (a) folk (b) classical
- 29.Which painting style comes from Maharashtra? (a) Gond painting (b) Phad painting (c) Madhubani painting (d) Warli painting
- 30.Which painting style comes from Bihar? (a) Madhubani painting (b) Phad painting (c) Kalighat painting (d) Warli painting
- 31.True or false: the classical dance Bharatanatyam comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) False (b) True
- 32.Which classical dance comes from Tamil Nadu? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Manipuri (c) Odissi (d) Bharatanatyam
- 33.True or false: the classical dance Odissi comes from Odisha. (a) True (b) False
- 34.🤲 Mehendi (henna) designs are usually put on the ___. (a) teeth (b) nose (c) hair (d) hands
- 35.True or false: the classical dance Kathak comes from Uttar Pradesh. (a) True (b) False
- 36.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Bhangra come from? (a) Punjab (b) Karnataka (c) Maharashtra (d) Gujarat
- 37.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Giddha come from? (a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
- 38.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Ghoomar come from? (a) Assam (b) Rajasthan (c) Karnataka (d) Punjab
- 39.🥁 Which state does the folk dance Yakshagana come from? (a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka (c) Punjab (d) Gujarat
- 40.Which classical dance comes from Odisha? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Odissi (c) Bharatanatyam (d) Kathak
Answer key
- Phad painting
- Bihar
- classical
- Kathakali
- Dandiya Raas
- Kerala
- Yakshagana
- classical
- False
- Garba
- Ghoomar
- Uttar Pradesh
- Giddha
- Tamil Nadu
- Sattriya
- Rajasthan
- Manipuri
- Manipuri
- classical
- Sattriya
- clay
- folk
- True
- True
- Kuchipudi
- False
- Tanjore painting
- folk
- Warli painting
- Madhubani painting
- False
- Bharatanatyam
- True
- hands
- True
- Punjab
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Karnataka
- Odissi
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